The Shadow of the Sun - Rilegato

Kapuscinski, Ryszard; Glowczewska, Klara

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0679454918 ISBN 13: 9780679454915

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2001

Riassunto

A moving portrait of Africa from the mid-twentieth century to the present descrbies the end of colonial rule, the early years of independence, the violent disintegration of such nations as Nigeria and Rwanda, and the social and political developments that transformed the continent, especially in the wake of the arrival of AIDS and the departure of white culture. 20,000 first printing.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Poland’s most celebrated foreign correspondent, was born in 1932. After graduating with a degree in history from Warsaw University, he was sent to India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan to report for the Polish news, which began his lifelong fascination with the Third World. During his four decades reporting on Asia, Latin America, and Africa, he befriended Che Guevara, Salvador Allende, and Patrice Lumumba; witnessed twenty-seven coups and revolutions; and was sentenced to death four times.

His earlier books—Shah of Shahs (about the Iranian Revolution), The Emperor (about the fall of Ethiopia’s Haile Selassie), Imperium (about the fall of the Soviet Union), Another Day of Life (about the last days of Portuguese Angola), and

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0679454918
• ISBN 13: 9780679454915
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 325
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile